Woven-wire fence fabric.



No. 709,065. Patented Sept. 16, 902.

E. L. WARNER. WOVEN WIRE FENCE FABRIC.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE L. WARNER, OF VVAVERLY, KANSAS.

WOVEN-WIRE FENCE FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION-formingpart 01; Letters Patent No. 709,065, datedSeptember 16, 1902.

Application filed February 3, 1902. fierial No. 92,455. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known'that I, EUGENE L. WARNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at W'averly, in the county of Coffey and State of Kansas, haveinvented a new and useful Woven-Wire Fence Fabric, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is an improved woven-wire fence fabric composedofrunning-wires and cross Wires intersecting each other and twistedtogether at their intersecting points to form meshes of two sizes, thelarger meshes alternating with the smaller both longitudinally andtransversely of the fabric, and the said running and cross wires beingthereby prevented from slipping at their intersecting points andaltering the shape of the meshes, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

The accompanying drawing is a side elevation of a woven-wire'fencefabric constructed in accordance with my invention.

In the making of myimproved woven-wire fence fabric I employ continuousrunning- Wires aand cross-wires b. The running-wires are providedwithlateral offsets l at suitable regular distances apart, which lateraloffsets extend alternately in opposite directions. The OIOSS-WiIGSb areprovided-With similar lateral ofisets 2 at suitable regular distancesapart, which offsets 2 extend also alternately in opposite directions.The running-wires and cross-wires are disposed so that their respectivelateral offsets intersect each other, and the said running-wires andcross-wires have their said laterally-offset intersecting portionstwisted together, as at 3. Thereby the running, and cross wires are'sosecured together at their intersecting points that they cannot slip uponone another to alter the shape of the meshes and injure the appearanceof the fabric. The spaces between the reverselydisposed lateral offsets2 of i the cross-wires b are shorter than the corresponding spaces ofthe running-wires a between the reversely-disposed lateral offsetportions .1 thereof, and hence the said running and cross wires formmeshes A B of rectangular form. The meshes A are larger than the meshesl3, and the larger meshes alternate with the smaller meshes bothlongitudinally and transversely of the fabric, as shown. The ends of thecross-wires are secured to selvage wires 0 either by coiling the endportions of the cross-wires on the selvage-wires, as here shown, or inany other suitable manner. The said selvage-wires may be either plain orbarbed, or one of the selvage-wires may be plain and the other barbed,and I do not wish to be restricted in this particular.

A woven-wire fence fabric thus constructed may be very easily andeconomically manufactured, is exceedingly strong and durable, preservesthe rectangular form of its meshes, and is very sightly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A woven-Wire fencefabric composed of continuousrunning-wires, and cross-wires,

each offset alternately in opposite directions at the points ofintersection, said running and cross wires having their respectiveoffset portions twisted together to form rectangular meshes,substantially as described.

2. A woven-wire fence fabric composed of running-wires and cross-wires,each at suitable regular intervals being bent to form reversely-disposedlateral offsets, the distances between the respective horizontal andrespective vertical reaches of the running and cross wires intermediateof the offset portions thereof being varied alternately and the saidlateral ofisets of said running and cross wires intersecting each otherand being twisted together .to prevent slipping and to formmeshes of twosizes, the larger meshes alternating with the smaller,bothlongitudinallyand transversely of the fabric, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE L. 'WARNER.

